Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers show, I’m your host Paul and this video I’m joined by Jared to
talk about where we wanna see a Prequel to Pray go. We stan queen, she slay, we hope, we pray
we get a sequel…f**k try and make a good intro anyway, we loved the movie
so I thought we’d breakdown exactly where we want to see things go in the future.
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like this every day, with that out the way, huge thank you for clicking this, Jared where you at.
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The closing credits of Prey sets up an interesting tease of Prey 2,
showing Naru and her tribe turn to the sky and see Predator ships approaching.
Now whether or not a sequel will happen remains unknown, but with the positive reviews and word
of mouth, it seems inevitable. However when and where this sequel takes place is an interesting
wrinkle for sure. Director Dan Trachtenberg said in an interview with SYFY WIRE & Time Out.
——“We have lots of thoughts. How could we ever turn off the thoughts about fun
and exciting things? But certainly what was really exciting about the [credits sequence]
was what would be in any other movie, an end tag, a live-action tag [in addition to the credits].
That our end credit sequence actually has a story point in it, I think is really awesome."
——“‘There are a lot of exciting ideas for what could be next for the franchise.
The things that most excite me are the boldest swings and I think there’s scope
to do other things that haven’t been done before.”
So from Trachtenberg’s statements, the Predators do in fact return at the end of the film,
we just don’t see it in the traditional sense of well…. MCU post credits stingers.
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So with this limited information, we can turn to the thing that connects Prey to the later
Predator films, specifically Predator 2. That's the flintlock pistol sporting the name Raphael
Adolini dated 1715. Obviously this is the pistol Naru is in possession of at the end of Prey,
but also if you didn’t know this is the same pistol that is gifted to Harrigan at
the end of Predator 2. This came from the greyback Predator meaning that he somehow got it from Naru.
Now before this was sort of retconned by Prey, the story of the pistol was told through a 1997
Dark Horse comic called Predator: 1718. Where in fact it featured the character of Raphael
Adolini. Essentially he was a pirate that had his mutinous crew turn on him,
teaming up with the greyback predator to fight them off. All seemed well, until a strangler
crew member shot Adolini in the back, and in his final moments gifted the pistol to the Predator
as a sign of friendship and faith. That is how and why the pistol shows up in predator 2, it
was a trophy in a sense, but also a sign of good faith. Another example of this good faith practice
is briefly shown by the predator in 2004’s AVP, they will make alliances out of mutual respect.
I think it’ll be very difficult to explain away how the Greyback Predator was given the pistol,
lost it to some French fur traders, and it wound up with Naru all in a year’s time, so the
Predator: 1718 comic storyline is more than likely retconned, but we could see things hinted at.
Most studios are normally like f**k them comics though so it’s probably a gonner unless they’re
struggling for plot ideas in the future. I do think that the pistol will pop up time
and time again and potentially they could use it as this cool little thing that constantly
connects all of the movies. You could have the species come down and take it from Naru,
then we could get another film where someone ends up taking it from them,
they get it back and so on and so on. Could be like the Star Wars disney plus stuff where
they keep trying to squeeze as much as they can out of that time between Revenge
and a New Hope and we might end up getting it constantly showing up throughout the timeline.
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Now with the Predators returning to Earth,
there are a handful of ways this could play out, some more interesting than others.
One of which could simply be the Predators coming back to pick up their friend, discover he was
bestest by Naru, and be like “Ahh man, Jimmy didn’t make it” and fly off to another planet.
**BOO or BORING** video clip here
That’s probably not the way anyone wants to see a follow up to Prey go down,
so instead the Predators arrive back on Earth, discover their friend has been bestest,
and search for answers to whom or what is behind this. Following their methodology
of moving up the food chain will lead them to the Comanche and Naru. With the Predators still
building upon an established code of honor, they instead will enact revenge against Naru,
where the full might of the Comanche, led by Naru, will go up against a handful of the Predators.
This could set up a cool cat and mouse approach similar to 2010’s Predators or 2004’s AVP,
where each Predator will be baited into a different terrain and scenarios by the Comanche,
using their intellect, tracking skills, herbs, and more to go up against the Predator’s more advanced
weaponry. For example the ships are going to be a huge headache for the bows,
arrows, and spears of the Comanche, but the the herb that cools their blood and hides their
body heat is essentially a barebones version of the predators camouflage,
which will help bypass their stronger tactics if they use their ships.
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And as we’ve learned from Prey along with the original Arnie 1987 Predator movie,
the back to basics, primitive approach to warding off the predators has proven time and time again
to be the best approach. The reason so is obvious, because the Predators are too
reliant on some of their technology, and have forgotten how a prey will react in situations.
Basically animal instinct is what Naru and Dutch used to best the Predator. Blending in
with their environment, using bows and spears that do not carry a heat signature, along with
the orange herbs Naru used, or the cold mud Dutch uses to hide their body heat. This barebones
strategy binds them with their environment, using it in their favor.
Which in turn would all lead to another final showdown with Naru
and one of the Predators. Going back and forth, until it is communicated with the
predator that Naru was responsible for the first Predator’s fate. Witnessing her fighting skills,
the predator develops that mutual respect culture that we have seen in the later
films, with Naru giving the Predator the pistol as a sign of good faith and respect.
On the other hand, I could see them somewhat adapting the Raphael Adolini storyline from the
Dark Horse comic, where the predators come back, discover Naru, but there is a third
party threat to both Naru and the Predator. For example, even more fur traders arrive,
causing Naru and the Predator to actually team up. In the skirmish, Naru is unfortunately killed off,
and in her last moments gifts the pistol to the Predator, much like Raphael Adolini did in the
comics. This explains how the pistol then makes its way into Predator 2, along with the updated
mutual respect code amongst the predators that we also see in Predator 2 and AVP.
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Now if they take more of a “bold” approach like Trachtenberg mentioned in his interview,
and do not go with a direct sequel to Prey and instead do a bit of a time jump i.e. Predator
to Predator 2, there is a 300 year span of places the Predators could whine up, they could even drop
in before the time era of Prey, who am I to make these rules? Now I’m not saying we pull
a Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure version of the predator, even though seeing the Predators
hunt through time like the opening credits of X-men origins Wolverine would be pretty cool.
But imagine a Predator is dropped off to hunt in the middle of feudal Japan,
the Viking Age, The Bill Cosby show…. Okay maybe not that last one. But there
is plenty of primitive lore and time eras the Predator could be exposed to.
If I were to guess a time, era, or event, I would say potentially WWI or WWII solely based
off of a clue that is again hidden in Predator 2. When Harrigan is given the flintlock pistol,
if we zoom in to the wrist of the Elder Predator right before he tosses over
the pistol, you can catch an insignia for the United States 2nd Infantry Division.
This division was formed all the way back in 1917, and was active throughout WWI, WW2, and as recent
as the Iraq War. So the Elder Predator who visited Naru in the 1700’s, grabbing the pistol as a
trophy, could have also visited European countries and WWI battlefields, potentially hunting both the
Allies and the Central Powers, with one of the soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division either
besting a Predator or having teamed up with him, similar to the Raphael Adolini or Naru situation,
then dying in the Predators arms **dying in your arms tonight song** gifting the
predator with their insignia as a trophy of good faith much like the pistol.
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What I love about the Predator is that the species has the potential to be full of visits to the
past. They're creatures that could have popped up in several major places throughout history
and there's so much potential here for them to constantly show up.
Anyway that’s where we’d love to see things go in the future
and obviously we’d love to hear your thoughts on where things are gonna go.
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If you want something else to watch then make sure you check out our breakdown of Prey
which will be linked on screen now. We talk about
the pistol origins in more detail and also go over the films plot.
With that out the way thank you for sitting through the video,
I’ve been Paul and I’ll see you next time. Take care, Peace